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are to be bought in the first class fruit-shops in London, and there 
appears to be no reason why British Guiana should not contribute to the 
markets in London and New York. Mr. D. Morris of Kew has recently 
read before the Royal Colonial Institute an interesting paper on fruit, 
and I am informed on excellent authority that there are capitalists in 
New York ready and willing to assist in creating a banana trade between 
our colony and the United States. 
I have already reported to this Society on the subject of cassava, 
the dried slices of which root were highly appreciated by those by whom 
they were examined and tested, but as far as can be ascertained no one 
has since endeavoured to send any to England, which, I confess, is very 
disheartening, 
Jellies and pickles, or vegetables for pickling exported in brine, will, 
as it appears from Mr. Gover's paper forwarded to the Society, command 
a sale. In those matters neatness of package and greater care in pre- 
paration are needed. Jelly made any how and put in any kind of bottle 
is not likely to sell. Here again is an industry which small land owners 
or occupiers might well cultivate, and which commends itself to an 
unfortunately large class in the colony who are unequal to the exertion 
or exposure which the usual agricultural pursuits require. 
There were only one or two specimens of honey from this colony and 
these were of fair quality. It is to be regretted that bee-keeping is not 
carried on here, as it might easily be, with the same success as in Jamaica 
and elsewhere. It is a pursuit which requires no great expense., no 
costly plant, only patient careful attention. 
One of the most interesting collections in the Exhibition was that of 
silk. Specimens of the fibre from every variety of silk producing moth 
was shown, and Mr. Wardle, under whose charge that portion of the 
Exhibition was, took much interest in the Guianese moths which appear 
to him to be capable of producing silk of good merchantable quality. I 
have sent Mr. Wardle specimens from here and his report will be of 
much interest because, if there is any room for encouragement, silk 
raising might become another small industry capable of great results, 
especially as many plants yielding food to silk worms are indigenous to 
the colony. This is not the time to dwell on the feasibility of such 
undertakings, but I have thought it right to point out that the Exhibi- 
tion contained many encouraging results of the successful prosecution 
of such industries elsewhere, which industries might well take root 
